Use this page to format the SMF recording output data set into
a readable format for printing to the screen or other output device.
Before you begin
Make sure SMF recording is running.
About this task
Perform the following steps to format the SMF recording output data
set into a readable format for printing to the screen or other output device:
Procedure
- Switch the SMF data sets by entering i smf from
the MVS console
to switch the SMF data sets.
- Run the SMF Dump program (IFASMFDP) to create a sequential data
set from the raw dump. A sample JCL is shown in z/OS® MVS System Management Facilities (SMF), SA22-7630.
Results
You have successfully formatted the output data set when SMFDUMP ends
with return code 0.